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Waterberg

5 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

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  • Waterberg, Limpopo
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 40,9%–41,3%
  • 41,3%–47,0%
  • 47,0%–49,9%
  • 49,9%–50,0%
  • 50,0%–50,0%

Votes cast on the municipal PR ballot ÷ registered voters. Classes split the areas shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

Share of valid votes

District council PR ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61,4%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS15,6%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE12,5%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5,1%
  5. THABAZIMBI RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION1,5%
  6. Others (9)3,9%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Bela-Bela50,0%
  2. Modimolle-Mookgophong49,9%
  3. Lephalale47,0%
  4. Thabazimbi41,3%
  5. Mogalakwena40,9%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 88 786 (61,4% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
334 054
Votes cast
147 686
Turnout
44,2%
Spoilt ballots
3 131
How many votes did each contestant receive?14 contestants · 144 555 valid votes · totals of 448 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS88 78661,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS22 53215,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE18 04012,5%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS7 3675,1%
THABAZIMBI RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION2 1541,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 9791,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION9120,6%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8900,6%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION4940,3%
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION3830,3%
Others (4 contestants together)1 0180,7%
Show all 14 contestants
All 14 contestants14 contestants · 144 555 valid votes · totals of 448 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS88 78661,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS22 53215,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE18 04012,5%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS7 3675,1%
THABAZIMBI RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION2 1541,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 9791,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION9120,6%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8900,6%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION4940,3%
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION3830,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT3540,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE3420,2%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE1960,1%
CHRISTIAN AMBASSADORS POLITICAL PARTY1260,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Limpopo (CSV) · retrieved

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IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Limpopo (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Waterberg District Municipality Council: the seats elected on the district ballot in 2021 (40% of the council; the rest are appointed by its local councils)

Directly elected seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation
PartySeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS9
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1
Total14

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
14
Quota
10 326
Valid votes counted
144 555

Seats on the district ballot are shared in proportion to votes. Appointed members are not listed here.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

Waterberg’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Limpopo (27 councils) · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Limpopo (27 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits
Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published
Irregular expenditure, reportedR 02023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

39 closed · 13 awarded · 5 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • WDM/2025/26-05 RE-ADVERTClosed as published on 11 October 2026

    RE-ADVERT PROVISION OF WDM SHORT-TERM INSURANCE

    advertised 21 July 2026 · closes 21 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • WDM/2025/26-02 RE-ADVERTClosed as published on 11 October 2026

    RE-ADVERT PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SOURCE FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS FOR WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY (WDM) FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY-SIX (36) MONTHS.

    advertised 21 July 2026 · closes 21 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • WDM/2026/27-07Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    OFFICE SPACE ACCOMODATION IN THABAZIMBI

    advertised 27 May 2026 · closes 26 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • WDM/2026/27-05Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PPE

    advertised 27 May 2026 · closes 26 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • WDM/2026/27-03Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES

    advertised 27 May 2026 · closes 26 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of Waterberg

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

5 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
ThabazimbiLocal municipality41,3%
LephalaleLocal municipality47,0%
Bela-BelaLocal municipality50,0%
MogalakwenaLocal municipality40,9%
Modimolle-MookgophongLocal municipality49,9%

District municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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Attribution
Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.